The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have published new images in which the leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) is seen assassinated on Thursday, Yahya Sinwarduring the eve of the October 7 attack 2023, in which at least 1,200 people died and 250 were kidnapped.
“Tonight we are declassifying images of Sinwar from a few hours before the October 7 massacre, as well as his movements within Gaza over the past year,” IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a video posted on his website. social network account
During his speech, Hagari described the images broadcast as well as the “operational and intelligent efforts” to find the Hamas leader, denouncing that “hours before the massacre, He only cared about himself and his family. while sending terrorists for the brutal attack (…) they escaped alone into the tunnel, equipping themselves with food, water, pillows, a television and other supplies for a long stay,” reports EP.
In the recordings, recovered in Gaza several months ago as he claimed, the leader of the Palestinian group can be seen in a tunnel along with a woman and several minors – presumably his wife and children – carrying bottled water and some belongings.
During his speech, Hagari also showed some alleged images of the October 7 attack, as well as objects, furniture, food, money, documents and belongings that the Israeli Army attributes to Sinwar. «All this was happening in Khan Yunis. This was a luxury that the people of Gaza did not have. “Sinwar always prioritized his money and the Hamas terrorists over the people of Gaza,” said the spokesman for the Israeli forces.
The dissemination of these images occurs after the Hamas leader died in a confrontation with Israeli troops in the Palestinian enclave, as confirmed on Thursday by Israeli authorities.
Hagari has accused Sinwar, whom he has described as “the face of evil”, not only of seeking to “maximize the damage to the Israelis” but also of harming the Gazans with the attack ordered “from the tunnels of Khan Younis.”
The offensive in this town in the south of the Strip forced him to escape to Rafá, where he was found and murdered after the Israeli Army found, his spokesman said, “his DNA on a piece of handkerchief he used.”
Images of the attack on Sinwar
In the images released you can also see the bombing of the building where Sinwar was located and where he was shot down by the Israeli Army this week.
«Sinwar has been eliminated, but our mission is not over. We will not rest until we bring all of our hostages home, in any way possible. And we will continue to defend the people of Israel from all threats, from all our borders,” said Hagari.
Sinwar – considered precisely as the mastermind of that operation, called ‘Al Aqsa Flood’ by Hamas – was elected last August as leader of the Palestinian organization to replace Ismail Haniye, murdered in July in an Israeli action in the capital. of Iran, Tehran.
The late Sinwar was listed as one of the founders of the military wing of Hamas and remained imprisoned in Israel from 1989 until 2011, when he was released in an exchange agreed to achieve the delivery of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, into the hands of the organization. Palestinian Islamist.
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